3498
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 100

Department, and may be served by sending the same in a registered letter addressed to the licensee at the office or place of residence for the time being of the licensee, or, if such notice, request, or consent relates to any particular ship-station, by delivery to the master of the ship upon which such station is installed; and any notice to be given by the licensee under these regulations may be served by sending the same in a registered letter addressed to the Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington.

29. All licenses heretofore issued under the regulations hereby revoked shall continue in force, subject to the regulations under which they were issued, until the expiry of the current term thereof, but shall not be capable of renewal under the regulations so revoked.

SCHEDULE.
LICENSE FOR THE INSTALLATION AND WORKING OF APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY ON BOARD SHIPS OWNED BY

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Postal Regulations.—Amendments.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this seventh day of September, 1914.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Orders in Council dated the seventeenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ten, and the twenty-seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the eighteenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ten, and the thirtieth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, respectively, regulations were made and rates of postage fixed under the authority of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), for the transmission of letters, books, packets, and newspapers through the post for places within or beyond New Zealand, and for the other purposes therein specified: And whereas it is expedient to amend and add to such regulations and rates in the manner hereinafter set forth:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by the said Act, and all other powers and authorities in that behalf enabling him, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the regulations and fix the rates of postage set forth in the Schedule hereto, and doth hereby revoke so much of the regulations and rates in the Schedules to the above-recited Orders in Council as are inconsistent herewith; and doth further order that the said revocation shall take effect, and the regulations hereby made and the rates of postage hereby fixed shall come into force, on the date of the publication of this Order in Council in the New Zealand Gazette, and that the regulations hereby made shall form part of and be read together with the above-recited regulations.

SCHEDULE.

LATE-FEE LETTERS, ETC.

A LATE fee shall not be charged on correspondence posted on trains while at a flag station or railway-siding if the words “Posted at [Name of flag station or siding]” are written or printed on the address side of the letter, unless such correspondence is posted on a mail-day at a place where there is a post-office.

LOOSE LETTERS.

Letters handed to the mail contractors on mail-routes shall not be subject to loose-letter rates of postage.

CORRESPONDENCE POSTED IN TRANSPARENT ENVELOPES.

1. Correspondence contained in covers which are made of transparent paper, or which have a panel of transparent paper through which the address may be read, shall be allowed to pass at letter rates of postage.

2. A letter or other article, the address of which cannot be read with ease, shall be placed aside during the sorting, and shall be dealt with when the work is less pressing, even if it should thereby be delayed in despatch or delivery.

3. A letter or other article folded in such a manner that its address cannot be read shall be treated as undeliverable for want of a true address.

4. A letter or other article enclosed in an envelope with the transparency running across the breadth of the envelope instead of lengthwise shall be dealt with as a prohibited article.

POST-CARDS.

1. Newspaper-cuttings may be affixed to post-cards on the same conditions as vignettes and photographs for transmission within New Zealand and to the United Kingdom.

2. Loose tree-leaves intended to be posted as post-cards shall be prohibited, and if posted shall be sent to the Dead Letter Office for disposal.

PATTERNS AND SAMPLES.

Dangerous Articles.

1. The transmission of mushrooms through the post is prohibited unless they are enclosed in liquid-tight tins and securely packed.

2. Dry powders, whether dyes or not, shall be securely packed in boxes of metal, wood, or cardboard, which shall themselves be enclosed in bags of linen or parchment.

Limits of Size and Weight.

The maximum weight for places in Australia shall be 1 lb.

MAGAZINES.

If more than one magazine is enclosed in a packet the number of magazines enclosed shall be clearly stated on the cover, and the proper postage per copy be affixed, or the package shall be surcharged double the deficiency at printed-paper rates.

NEWSPAPERS.

1. The postage on newspapers printed and published in New Zealand and addressed to Cape of Good Hope, Basutoland, or Bechuanaland shall be 1d. for each paper.

2. A special request for the return of a newspaper may appear on the wrapper.

CONDITIONS OF FREE REDIRECTION.

Letters, letter-cards, post-cards, commercial papers, printed papers, newspapers, and sample packets which require to be redirected owing to the addressees having changed their addresses shall be treated as if they were addressed direct from the first office of posting to their ultimate destination, no charge being made for intermediate redirections. Any such postal packet opened at any address after being delivered by the post-office shall not be further readdressed unless postage is again prepaid. Correspondence which has been tampered with by removal of a postage-stamp or otherwise shall be chargeable as freshly posted and unpaid.